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Thomas County, Georgia
Thomas County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 45,798. The county seat is Thomasville, Georgia, Thomasville. Thomas County comprises the Thomasville, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area, micropolitan statistical area. History Thomas County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 23, 1825, from portions of Decatur County, Georgia, Decatur and Irwin County, Georgia, Irwin Counties. Colquitt County, Georgia, Colquitt (1856), Brooks County, Georgia, Brooks (1858), and Grady County, Georgia, Grady (1905) Counties all were formed partially from lands within Thomas County's original borders. The county is named for Jett Thomas, an officer in the War of 1812 who is also known for overseeing the construction of the first building at the University of Georgia (originally referred to as Franklin College and known today as Old College) as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jett Thomas
Jett Thomas (May 13, 1776 – January 6, 1817) was an American military officer, politician, and builder who served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and participated in the early construction of the University of Georgia. Early life Jett Thomas was born in Culpeper, Virginia and moved with his family to Oglethorpe County, Georgia in 1784. Career Thomas represented Clarke County, Georgia in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1805 to 1807. He fought in the War of 1812 under Brigadier General John Floyd in the First Brigade of Georgia Militia. In March 1814, Thomas led the construction of Fort Bainbridge and Fort Hull on the Federal Road. Thomas led the Baldwin Volunteer Artillery company from Milledgeville, Georgia and was commissioned in November 1816 as a Major General in the Georgia Militia, 3rd Division, for his service in the war. Thomas built the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the first permanent building and school at the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coolidge, Georgia
Coolidge is a city in Thomas County, Georgia, United States. The population was 528 in 2020. History Coolidge had its start in 1900 when the Tifton, Thomasville and Gulf Railway was extended to that point. The community was named after a railroad official. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1901 as the "Town of Coolidge". Geography Coolidge is located at (31.010744, -83.866594). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 552 people, 218 households, and 137 families residing in the city. In 2020, its population declined to 528. Notable people Ken Terrell - Hollywood stuntman and minor actor, born in Coolidge Mike Keown - Former candidate for U.S. House of Representatives and current Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 319
U.S. Route 319 (US 319) is a spur of US 19. It runs for from US 98 at the foot of the John Gorrie Memorial Bridge across from downtown Apalachicola, Florida to US 1/ SR 4 in Wadley, Georgia, through the Panhandle of Florida and the southern portion of Georgia. Route description Florida The route starts as a two-lane highway at the eastern end of US 98's bridge over the Apalachicola River near the John Gorrie Bridge in Apalachicola, Florida, and is concurrent with US 98 from its starting point. After crossing the East Bay portion of Apalachicola Bay via the John Gorrie Bridge, US 319 runs along the Gulf coast of Florida's Panhandle to Carabelle in Franklin County, and departs the coast, and its concurrency with US 98, about halfway between Carrabelle and Bald Point State Park, in a north direction through Sopchoppy in Wakulla County. In Sopchoppy, the route angles east, briefly meets up with US 98 once more, before parting ways again and running north through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business Plate
Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." A business entity is not necessarily separate from the owner and the creditors can hold the owner liable for debts the business has acquired except for limited liability company. The taxation system for businesses is different from that of the corporates. A business structure does not allow for corporate tax rates. The proprietor is personally taxed on all income from the business. A distinction is made in law and public offices between the term business and a company (such as a corporation or cooperative). Colloquially, the terms are used interchangeably. Corporations are distinct from sole proprietors and partnerships. Corporations are separate and unique legal entities from their shareholders; as such they provide limited liability for their owners and members. Corpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 84
U.S. Route 84 (US 84) is an east–westUS 84 was signed north-south in parts of Colorado and New Mexico. United States Numbered Highway that started as a short Georgia–Alabama route in the original 1926 scheme. Later, in 1941, it had been extended all the way to Colorado. The highway's eastern terminus is a short distance east of Midway, Georgia, at an Interchange with I-95. The road continues toward the nearby Atlantic Ocean as a county road. Its western terminus is in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, at an intersection with US 160. The section from Brunswick, Georgia, to Roscoe, Texas, has been designated by five state legislatures as part of the El Camino East–West Corridor. The designation was in recognition of its history as a migration route from the Atlantic coast to the present Mexican border, one of the routes that Spanish settlers called '' El Camino Real''. (In Louisiana, the route was called the Harrisonburg Road.) The designation is intended to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 19
U.S. Route 19 or U.S. Highway 19 (US 19) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway in the Eastern United States. Despite encroaching Interstate Highways, the route has remained a long-haul road, connecting the Gulf of Mexico with Lake Erie. The highway's southern terminus is at Memphis, Florida, which is just south of St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg at an intersection with U.S. Route 41, US 41. Its northern terminus is in Erie, Pennsylvania, at an intersection with U.S. Route 20, US 20 about from the shores of Lake Erie. The length of the highway is , including both US 19E/US 19W paths through North Carolina and Tennessee. Route description , - , U.S. Route 19 in Florida, FL , , - , U.S. Route 19 in Georgia, GA , , - , U.S. Route 19 in North Carolina, NC , , - , U.S. Route 19E, 19E , , - , U.S. Route 19W, 19W , , - , U.S. Route 19 in Tennessee, TN , , - , U.S. Route 19 in Virginia, VA , , - , U.S. Route 19 in West Vir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Hills Region
The Red Hills or Tallahassee Hills is a region of gently rolling hills in the southeastern United States. It is a geomorphic region and an ecoregion. Location The Red Hills physiographic region of northern Florida was defined in 1914 as most of Leon County north of the Cody Scarp, and small portions of southernmost Grady and Thomas counties in Georgia. The original tree cover of the region was a shortleaf pine-oak-hickory woodland with deep sandy clay soil. A wider definition of the Red Hills Region includes Jefferson County, Florida north of the Cody Scarp and the southern portions of Grady and Thomas counties in Georgia. This larger region consists of about that is bounded by the Aucilla River on the east and northeast, by the Ochlockonee River on the west and northwest, and by the Cody Scarp on the south. The Red Hills physiographic region is part of the Tallahassee Hills/Valdosta Limesink ecoregion, which extends across northern Florida and southern Georgia from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apalachee Bay
Apalachee Bay is a bay in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico occupying an indentation of the Florida coast to the west of where the Florida peninsula joins the United States mainland. It is bordered by Taylor, Jefferson, Wakulla, and Franklin counties. The Aucilla, Econfina, St. Marks, and Ochlockonee rivers drain into the bay. Most of the bay's coast is the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. The mouth of the Bay stretches from Lighthouse Point on Saint Marks Island, in Wakulla County south of Bald Point State Park, to Rock Island in Taylor County. Name Apalachee Bay is named for the Apalachee people which lived between the Aucilla and Ochlockonee rivers until early in the 18th century. The St. Marks River below where the Wakulla River joins it was at one time known as the Apalachee River. The meaning of "Apalachee" was not recorded, but in the Choctaw language, which is believed to be closely related to the Apalachee language, ''Apelachi'' means 'help' or 'helper', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waccasassa River
The Waccasassa River is a small, isolated river in Levy County, Florida, flowing through the Gulf Hammock (wetlands), Gulf Hammock wetlands and emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. The river is long, and has a drainage basin of . Three-quarters of the river is accessible only by canoe or kayak. The average flow of the river near the town of Gulf Hammock, Florida, Gulf Hammock during 1964–74 was . Its tributaries include the Wekiva River (Gulf Hammock, Levy County), Wekiva River and Otter Creek. Cow Creek joins the Waccasassa River just before its mouth opens out into the Gulf. Blue Springs, on the upper reaches of the Waccasassa River near Bronson, Florida, Bronson, accounted for about 2.5 percent of the water flow of the river in 1964–74. The river above Blue Springs does not flow year-round. Wekiva Springs, on the Wekiva River, provided about 16 percent of the water flow of the Waccasassa River in 1964–74. Water flow in the Waccasassa River is affected by tides to above the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aucilla River
The Aucilla River rises in Brooks County, Georgia, Brooks County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, USA, close to Thomasville, Georgia, Thomasville, and passes through the Big Bend (Florida), Big Bend region of Florida, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Apalachee Bay. Some early maps called it the Ocilla River. It is long and has a drainage basin of . Tributaries include the Little Aucilla and Wacissa Rivers. In Florida, the Aucilla River forms the eastern border of Jefferson County, Florida, Jefferson County, separating it from Madison County, Florida, Madison County on the northern part, and from Taylor County, Florida, Taylor County to the south. During the Spanish Florida, first Spanish period in Florida the Aucilla River was the boundary between the Apalachee people and the Timucua language, Timucua-speaking Yustaga (or Uzachile) people. The name "Aucilla" refers to an old Timucua village. Course and features The Aucilla River flows across a karst landscape, Subterranean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suwannee River
The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River or Swanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about long.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 18, 2011 The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee Straits that separated the Florida peninsula from the Florida panhandle and the rest of the continent. Spelled as "Swanee", it is the namesake of two famous songs: Stephen Foster's " Swanee River" (1851) and George Gershwin and Irving Caesar's " Swanee" (1919). Geography The headwaters of the Suwannee River are in the Okefenokee Swamp in the town of Fargo, Georgia. The river runs southwestward into the Florida Panhandle, then drops in elevation through limestone layers into a rare Florida whitewater rapid. Past the rapid, the Suwanee turns west near the town of White Springs, Florida, then conne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Withlacoochee River (Suwannee River)
The Withlacoochee River originates in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, northwest of Nashville, Georgia. It flows south through Berrien County, Georgia, Berrien County where it joins the New River (Withlacoochee River), New River and forms part of the boundary between Berrien and Cook County, Georgia, Cook counties. It then flows south into Lowndes County, Georgia. At Troupville, Georgia the Little River (Withlacoochee River tributary), Little River joins the Withlacoochee River flows continues to flow south and forms part of the boundary between Lowndes County, Georgia, Lowndes and Brooks County, Georgia, Brooks counties in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The river then flows into Florida for 1.34 miles before returning into Georgia for an additional 2.44 miles. It then returns to Florida, forming the northeast boundary of Madison County, Florida and the western boundary of Hamilton County, Florida and eventually merges with the Suwannee at Suwannee River State Park west of Live Oak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
